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May 30, 2013

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**17 Great Orion Nebula

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the Technology Entertainment & Design (TED) conference last year. Powers of Design depicts the size of everything from the inconceivably small to the mind-blowingly large. I thought I'd cover the exhibit elements, one at a time, over several months. I started small and am working my way up.

Orion was a hunter in Greek mythology, but as one of the brightest
nebulae in the night sky, the Orion Nebula (M42) doesn’t require much
hunting to find it.

The middle “star” in the sword of the Orion constellation and located 21 light-years from Earth, M42 is the closest massive star formation to our
planet, an estimated 24 light-years across, and has a mass 2,000 times
that of the sun.

As one of the most studied celestial features, the nebula has revealed
much about how stars and planetary systems are formed, and is considered
a “stellar nursery” where new stars are always being born.

The nebula is 1,000 times larger than our entire solar system. OK I feel small now.

Thanks to Global Content Manager, Matt Tierney, for the images and text that comprise the exhibit element. This is just one of the many exhibits in the gallery at One Market in San Francisco. The gallery is open to the public on Wednesdays from 12 pm to 5 pm, and admission is free. Visit us.

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Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**17 Great Orion Nebula

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the Technology Entertainment & Design (TED) conference last year. Powers of Design depicts the size of everything from the inconceivably small to the mind-blowingly large. I thought I'd cover the exhibit elements, one at a time, over several months. I started small and am working my way up.

Orion was a hunter in Greek mythology, but as one of the brightest
nebulae in the night sky, the Orion Nebula (M42) doesn’t require much
hunting to find it.

The middle “star” in the sword of the Orion constellation and located 21 light-years from Earth, M42 is the closest massive star formation to our
planet, an estimated 24 light-years across, and has a mass 2,000 times
that of the sun.

As one of the most studied celestial features, the nebula has revealed
much about how stars and planetary systems are formed, and is considered
a “stellar nursery” where new stars are always being born.

The nebula is 1,000 times larger than our entire solar system. OK I feel small now.

Thanks to Global Content Manager, Matt Tierney, for the images and text that comprise the exhibit element. This is just one of the many exhibits in the gallery at One Market in San Francisco. The gallery is open to the public on Wednesdays from 12 pm to 5 pm, and admission is free. Visit us.